Section 2-1514 – Notice of Action Under Joint Resolution
(a) If the General Assembly adopts a joint resolution that asks the Governor or an official of a unit of the Executive Branch of the State government to take any action, the Governor or the official shall give the Legislative Policy Committee and each sponsor of the resolution notice of the action taken under the resolution. […]
Section 2-1502 – Prefiling of Bills
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Department” means the Department of Legislative Services. (3) “Prefile” means to direct the Department, before a regular session of the General Assembly, to file a bill for introduction during that session. (b) A member or member-elect of the General Assembly may prefile a bill, as provided in […]
Section 2-1503 – Committee Sponsorship
A bill that a standing committee recommends as a result of its work when the General Assembly is not in session shall be introduced with the standing committee as sponsor.
Section 2-1504 – Synopses of Bills
(a) For each regular or special session of the General Assembly, the Department of Legislative Services shall prepare and distribute, in serial order: (1) a synopsis of each Senate bill that is introduced; and (2) a synopsis of each House bill that is introduced. (b) If the Department determines that a bill imposes a mandate on a local government […]
Section 2-1501 – Definitions
(a) In this Part I of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Bill” includes a joint resolution. (c) “Mandate” means a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit. (d) “Mandated appropriation” means a requirement […]